Human Services Practitioner Degrees

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• Human Services Practitioner Associate in Applied Science Degree

  Caring for children and adults with disabilities is a challenging and rewarding experience. The Human Services Practitioner program prepares potential direct service workers with classroom theory and lab experiences plus an internship. It is designed for people working in the field or pursuing a direct service career. The program is designed to train individuals to provide residential, vocational, or education supports to people with disabilities in their communities. The courses are designed to meet the competencies identified in the National Skills Standards for Community Based Human Service Practitioners and National Health Care Skill Standards. All core courses are offered online at Alexandria Technical College, but provided through South Central College in Mankato, Minnesota. The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees range from 64 to 85 credits and include at least 18 semester credits of general education. Students must select courses from at least three goal areas of the MnTC.

• Human Services Practitioner Diploma

  Caring for children and adults with disabilities is a challenging and rewarding experience. The Human Services Practitioner program prepares potential direct service workers with classroom theory and lab experiences plus an internship. It is designed for people working in the field or pursuing a direct service career. The program is designed to train individuals to provide residential, vocational, or education supports to people with disabilities in their communities. The courses are designed to meet the competencies identified in the National Skills Standards for Community Based Human Service Practitioners and National Health Care Skill Standards. All core courses are offered online at Alexandria Technical College, but provided through South Central College in Mankato, Minnesota. The Diploma programs range from 30 to 72 semester credits and focus primarily on technical courses. The two-year diploma includes a minimum of 11 semester credits of general education as well as the required technical credits.